Fiber container



c. w. STUART 1,871,567

FIBER CONTAINER Filed DBC. 24. 1929 wlTNEssEs www@ Aug. 16, 1932.

c. w. STUART 1,871,567 FIBER CONTAINER Filed DSC. 24, 1929 2. Sheets-Sheet 2 I INVENTOR Clyale WVZZMU'Z.

ATTORN EYS Patented Aug. 16, 1932 UNITED `s TATES CLYDE- w--. STUART, eF-,imw vomi, (Ni-Y.

FIBER GQNTAIN'ER Applcatonled December 2,4,` A1929.'Y SerialNo. 416,240.

1.1. `ruit-,fvegetables. .or thellike,`=the .object` being .ht-of provide I a: strong, :inexpensive .structure f- Anotheriobje-et. of the invention .is-to pro- .il 10. :vid'e a container which ,f may have the vprinieipahparts stamped. from` a. single piece of material `.anditlienibent.into a desired shapey -:.so 'that.securing bandsfmay be arranged in :ipositionto hold theparts `in their. assembled l L- 15J arrangement.

tov provide a.eontainer. which may be made ot fiber or paper and which iseut :from asingle blank with a number-otfraating-members -f Capable Ofgibeing bent upwardly to form a --vSubSta'lltaHy-Ssolidbodyf when properly. sef viewl of the ftwo outside-bands shown in Figure` 4;'

Fi giire 94 is a seetionalfview through 'Figyure: 8 approximately online 9-9 Y f "Figure y10; is a' raginentarypl-an'view 'ofa 'slightly modified-form offblank to thatseen .intpFigureF 2; n

Figure -11 is;- a Afragmentary :perspective viewxshowing part ot. a blank formed@ as shown in Figure l() butfolded.and-readytd. receivef rthe. 4ielain'ping .band `and associated members f Y.

I Referring l to the4 faeeom-panyingl drawings Y byyniimerals, lfindieates Athe' body of the .basket when .oomplet'ed,- as shown in Figure-.-` i AIL additionalobjeet, more speeilicallyg is c @lined dipgether. A; further.y obj eetl of the in- -fmentienjis toprovideafeontainer having,` a

A lkinetallie handlespQSitioned in suitable `aperiiftulres rin,theirings sothatwhenarrying the l e vcontainer by the; handles ithe strain will be i1 distrbuteclm0re,-.or f less evenly throughout the body. n 39 In the aceompanyingidrawings- @Figure lis, a ,sidev view of., abasket disclosiinggan-feinbodiment of theginvention;

1[1` igureV 2 is topplan View onanielllarged shale ofthe Abedyofgthe basket shown in Figin; Figure 2;

y lB ig ureE 4. is. a ragmentar Onran enlarged sealeoipart "ot the basket shownin Figure 1,1the saineillustrating how Lthe` handle, bottom,:irings. and associated p 2t1ts are connected A to :the body Figure 5 is aftopplan.- view oftherlid for 1=Fi--gurer6 :is a sectional vie l: Figure 71is a plan Iview .of .one Iof the clamp- .gingfbaiidsfshown in Figures l .and 4;

2, 2 a: top` bandv andi 3 anfinter-mediate band. @A .suitable bottom.- formationf 4 is alsoprovided, the .bottom formation andI `bands'l 2 and: 3 Vbeing h'eldfinf place' by staples or `other securing means, whi-lethebnidy 1i lis made' up oftwo members bent into. al' desired shape.

In Figure 2 are?illustrated/blaiiks 5 and,

said 'blanks when properly bent up- /ormiI-1g i, blliiltfpp-@bodywith ringsstapled'thereon and tbody. l. Each oyflftheseblanksis provided 1 .with abenterfseetion 7 havingradiatingarms 8 when two blanks are -toV beformed into a .1b0dy,'thearms 8 .of onelblank being 'offset or floeked between the armsofthe neXt blank.

@As illustrated:iIifFigure 2f, aninner bottom Aplatefy is provi-ded a-ndanqoiiter! bottom plate 4.,-said platesb'eing Connected tege'ther bytsuita'ble Astaples' 9 which extend through Vithe.centersection 7 oi'the respeeti-ve blanks 'i 5 and'. 6.' .fA'ft-er the partshavebeen cony sectional view 'nected :tog-ether, Las shown -inf JFAigures12 and 3,- they-may behbentgup to the lshape ftiens7f and abuilt-up body is s lippedover i a spinti-le orrsupporting-redin orderto held 'the :"struturei -in place while `the different .arms 8 .arebent up tothe= desired pesition. i Before the arms 8 are bentth'eband VQQ-is formed into .a ring zorlo'op. This band con- .'sistsof an outer ineinber '1 1, ,as shown in Eig- .ures8 and 9 yand an inner lmember l2. 'These members -are approximately of fthe same :length and are bent into a ring with the-ends overlapped Vslightly ''CFigure l) --so that when' N50 {AFig'ure 8 :is a fragmentary perspective be held together and form the ring 2. The outer member 11 is provided with a pair of apertures 14 on diametrically opposite sides of the basketV and through these apertures are extended the ends of the respective handles 15, said ends also extending throu h the slots 16 in member 12.n The reason or forming slot 16 is to cause a proper registry in the openings of members 11 and 12, notwithstanding the fact that one moves slightly in a longitudinal direction, while the'other remains stationary when the members are bent from the straight position shown in `Figure 7 to the looped or ringed position shown in Figure 1j After the ring or loop .has been made, as illustrated in Figure 1, the arms 8 are bent up somewhat by the ends and ring 2 slipped thereover from the bottom upwardly. This ring is moved .upwardly until it reaches the upper ends of the arms 8 and is then stapled to these arms.

Og though it`could be a single band, if desired.

Before the stapling operation an innerring 2 is inserted, as shown in Figure 4, and when the staples are inserted the staples go through ring 2, arms 8 and ring 2. It will be understood that these staples, as well as all of the otherstaples, are clinched so as to hold the parts in place. The ends of the handles 15 are also bent over so that they will not readily move out of place. y Aft-er the bands 2 and 2 have been secured in place the smaller band 3 is slipped over `the bottom and secured in place bysuitable staples 18. Band 3 is preferably made from two similar strips of fiberor other material which are overlapped at their point of juncturev so as to make a strong, independent band before being applied. This band is shown'as two ply,

When the basket has been completed the arms 8 of the respective blanks practically make a n solid body 1, and this body merges into a reinforced bottom 4. In forming the various parts proper proportion is intended, so that l when the basket or container is finished it will be of the standardY size, as required by the United Statesv Bureau of Standards. This is true regardless of the size of the container. Coacting with the container or basket shown in Figures 1 and 4V is a lid`19 which in Figures 5 and 6 is shown on areduced scale. This lid is formed with a disk 2O of liber or paper,'and to this is secured a.

23, whereby a desired circulation'of air may be had, paper 21 being preferably more or less porous'. When the container shown' in Figure 4 isffilled with fruit flid' 19 may be 'Y placed thereon and then a second filled container placed on top of lid 19. The corrugated paper 21 helps to distribute the strainY Y over the'fruit, so that the stacking of two or A ing projection 28. When the arms are bent Vupwardly to form .the container the extensions 27 and 28 will overlap, as shown particularly in Figure'lvl. The bands 2 and 3 .may thenfbe applied. When the Vparts are formed in this manner the staples which hold the bands 2 and' in place also secure .the extensions 27 and 28 in place. From Figure 1l it will be noted that this arrangement of extensions provides a decided reinforcement at the top of the container and also a reinforcement approximately halfway from the top to the bottom. It will be understood that in this form of the invention plates 4 and 4 are to be used, but preferably only Vone blank by reason of the special arrangement of the extensions 27 and 28. This structure, there fore, provides a lighter basket than that shown in Figure 1 and yet maintains substantially the same strength by reason of the extensions 27 and 28 and the retaining of the range 2, 2 and 3. i

What I claim'is 1. A built-upy container, comprising a'body formed from a plurality offblanks, eachhaving a solid integral center with radiating arms integral withl the center which when bent up overlap, a pair of rings for holding said .arms in their bent formation, one vof said .rings being arranged at the outer end of the'arms., a plurality Of'staples for each ring for holding the same in place, and reinforcing regard to each other, so that the armsof one blank will extend into the space between the arms of the other blank, saidvarms being bent when the blanks are-formed into a container structure, Aa plurality of rings rigidly se-4 cured to said arms for holding they same. in place, and areinforcing disk secured interiorly and e'xteriorly of the body, said disksbeing secured to the center part of said blanks. 3. A basket of sheet material, including a body formed from a blank having a solid center merging into radiating arms, said center being co-extensive with the center of the basket, each armv having a laterally-projecting extension, whereby when said arms are bent to form a container formation the extensions will overlap, a band fitted over said extensions and staples extending throughy said band, extensions and arms for rigidly secur- Y ing the respective members together. s

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of December, A. D. 1929."

CLYDE W. STUART. 

